Help to Buy mortgages: the grip of death?
Friday, October 11th, 2013This is irresistible from Martin Wolf, this morning, writing on Help to Buy: A deregulated and dynamic housing supply could spell financial and political Armageddon.
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It just takes a Republican or two for it all to go wrong
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013As I’ve just noted, the FT is this morning singing the praises of the IMF increasing its UK growth forecast this morning. Martin Wolf is
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The Tory contempt for campaigning
Friday, August 30th, 2013Tory MP and former minister Nick Herbert has an article in the Guardian this morning that reveals his (and I suspect many in his party’s)
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There is a politics that needs a champion - and its message is we're entitled to Freedom from Fear
Monday, August 26th, 2013I have long felt that politics should bring hope. It’s why I believe in the causes I do. Equality, peace, truth and sustainability are fundamental to
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On inflation: the real worry remains deflation
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013There will be much talk of inflation risk today. Candidly, overheated stock markets and house prices apart – both entirely Osborne’s fault – I don’t
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The Entrepreneurial State underpins innovation and any chance of rising prosperity
Monday, August 5th, 2013Martin Wolf has reviewed Mariana Mazzucato’s new book ‘The Entrepreneurial State’ in the FT today. He says of it: Conventional economics offers abstract models; conventional wisdom
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Space Havens - spinning overhead soon?
Friday, August 2nd, 2013A few years ago I wrote an April Fool’s spoof suggesting that a tax haven had been established in space. Now I note on Martin
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Austerity has failed: Martin Wolf's view of the economy is one Mark Carney should adopt
Sunday, June 30th, 2013Martin Wolf has written for the New York Review of Books, saying: Austerity has failed. It turned a nascent recovery into stagnation. That imposes huge
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Brutalism: the new Tory mantra
Sunday, June 30th, 2013Will Hutton has developed this theme in the Observer this morning. I recommend reading it. One quote here: It’s insane to describe as “help” making an unemployed
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